It’s time to plan for next year. On January 1, 2025, the state minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50/hr. and the minimum salary for exempt employees throughout the state will be increasing to $68,640.Read more
Category Archives: Employment Law Updates
Governor Newsom Signs AB 2288 and SB 92, Changing PAGA Law [Lab. Code, §§ 2699, 2699.3]
After heavy negotiations with the legislature and business groups, a deal was reached that amends the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), such that a ballot measure was pulled from the November ballot.Read more
Important Reminders of July 1st Compliance Deadlines
Minimum Wage Goes Up Again for California Municipalities
Here we go again. It’s that time in the summer when San Francisco, Los Angeles and about a dozen cities and counties compete for the title of Highest Minimum Wage in the state. This year, the award goes to the city of Emeryville, in the San Francisco Bay area, with a new minimum wage of $19.36. Meanwhile last year’s winner, West Hollywood, comes in second as it maintains its minimum wage of $19.08 through the end of the year.Read more
Healthcare Employers Stay Tuned – SB 525 Might be Delayed
Healthcare employers in California have spent the past six months making plans to comply with the state’s new minimum wage requirements for healthcare workers. SB 525 which requires hospitals, clinics and many other healthcare facilities to increase employee minimum hourly wages to $21 – $23, depending on the size and type of facility, is scheduled to go into effect on June 1. However, if the law’s author, state senator Maria Elana Durazo, is successful, healthcare employers could get a brief reprieve until July 1.Read more
Model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan is Here
It has arrived! The California Division of Occupational Safety & Health has published and released a Model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan and information for employers and employees regarding the new workplace safety and violence prevention rules mandated by the recently enacted SB 553. The new law requires almost all California employers to implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan by July 1, 2024. Employers who have fewer than 10 employees and are not accessible to the public are exempted from the requirement.Read more
Coming to an Employee Near You: More Paid Sick Leave
California employers will soon need to provide employees with a minimum of five days or 40 hours of paid sick leave annually, up from the current requirement of three days or 24 hours.Read more
Minimum Wage Goes Up Again for California Municipalities
Here we go again. It’s that time in the summer when San Francisco, Los Angeles and about a dozen cities and counties compete for the title of Highest Minimum Wage in the state. This year, the award goes to the city of West Hollywood, in Southern California, whose new minimum wage of $19.08 will have the honor – or infamy – of being the highest minimum wage in the country.Read more
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over – Revised COVID Rules
A Plethora of New COVID Rule Abounds
Public Health and Workplace Safety Officials at every level of government have been very busy crafting and issuing new rules and guidance for individuals and employers regarding which COVID-19 protections can be abandoned –and which should be kept–moving forward.
Most of the new rules relax previous standards and regulations and some conflict with one another. This can be confusing for employers.Read more